The company, Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI), today acknowledged that a system outage related to a cybersecurity incident is now occurring.

Following the event, Maple Leaf Foods hired cybersecurity and disaster recovery specialists right away. With all available resources, our team of information systems specialists and outside experts is tirelessly working to analyse the outage and address the matter. While working to restore the impacted systems, the Company is carrying out its business continuity plans; nonetheless, it anticipates that complete resolution of the outage will require some operational and service interruptions. In order to continue providing the people with the wholesome food they require, the company will keep working with all of its clients and suppliers to minimise these interruptions.

Concerning Maple Leaf Foods

The mission of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (“Maple Leaf Foods”) is to produce responsibly under the leading brands Maple Leaf®, Maple Leaf Prime®, Maple Leaf Natural Selections®, Schneiders®, Schneiders® Country Naturals®, Mina®, Greenfield Natural Meat Co.®, Lightlife®, and Field RoastTM. The company is carbon neutral. Around 14,000 people work at Maple Leaf Foods, which has operations in Canada, the United States, and Asia. The business is based in Mississauga, Ontario, and trades its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MFI).

Source: Prnewswire